# Install UmbrelOS on VMware ESX

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/install-umbrelos-on-vmware-esx/18912>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/install-umbrelos-on-vmware-esx/18912 "2024-08-22T19:14:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![umbrel212](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3bc359/32.png) [@umbrel212](https://community.umbrel.com/u/umbrel212)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/install-umbrelos-on-vmware-esx/18912/1 "2024-08-22T19:14:32Z")

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I’d like to get UmbrelOS running on my VMware server. I have tried mounting the ISO, burning the ISO to a USB drive, mounting ISO locally… I cannot get the ISO to boot when the VM starts up. Has anyone found some workaround? This is just a Linux VM at the end of the day, I would expect it should just kind of work…

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**Author:** ![vvvyke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/vvvyke/32/7776_2.png) [@vvvyke](https://community.umbrel.com/u/vvvyke)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/install-umbrelos-on-vmware-esx/18912/2 "2024-08-23T23:23:41Z")

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Make sure you set under Advanced options for the VM from BIOS to EFI ✌